Leslie Percival Davison
Born 30 December 1896
Public - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Military Personnel File
- Died 26 Aug 1918 - Service number
- WWI 64989 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Leslie Percival AWMM
- Surname
- Davison AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 64989 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 30 December 1896Public - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Military Personnel File
- Place of birth
- Timaru, South Canterbury, New ZealandPublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Canterbury Stories
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Main South Road, Sockburn, ChristchurchPublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Military Personnel File
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- W.J. Davison (father), Main South Road, Sockburn, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Military Personnel File
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 64989 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Surveyor AWMM
- Age on enlistment
- 20Public - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Military Personnel File
- Occupation before enlistment
- Insurance Surveyor, State Fire Insurance OfficePublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Military Personnel File, Canterbury Stories, Public Service Obituary
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Leslie Davison was the son of William James and Eliza Jane Davison, of 338 Main South Rd., Sockburn, Christchurch, New Zealand. AWMM
- Leslie joined State Fire Insurance Office as a cadet in 1914; at enlistment he was an insurance surveyor based in the Christchurch office. Leslie was one of four State Fire employees to die overseas during WW1.Public - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Public Service Obituary, Canterbury Stories, Manning (Cover Story).
About death
- Death
- 26 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Bapaume area, FrancePublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Unit Diary
- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM III. E. 13. AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Rifleman Leslie Percival Davison, the only son of Mr and Mrs. W. J. Davison, of Sockburn, died of wounds on August 26, aged 21 years. He joined the State Fire Office, Christchurch, as a cadet some four years ago, and was looked upon as a most promising officer whose natural ability would fit him for the highest positions. Of splendid physique he excelled in sports and was a very successful bowler for the Riccarton Senior Eleven. Among his friends and fellow workers he was admired for his sterling character and his generous and kindly nature. He enlisted on his twentieth birthday, but had to undergo an operation, from which he quickly recovered. He left New Zealand with the 33rd Reinforcements, and was afterwards posted to the Rifle Brigade. He had been in France only a short time when he was wounded.Public - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Public Service Obituary
- Memorial name
- On family headstone at St Saviour's Anglican churchyard, Templeton, Christchurch, New ZealandPublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 11 April 2015 - Beverley Evans website; http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/Gravestone.Photos/Templeton.St.Saviours.gravestone.photos.html ; accessed 11 April 2015
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20996025
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/294992/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/294992
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference - Unit Diary, NZRB / 3NZRB
https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-NZRi.htmlPublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Other Reference - Public Service Obituary
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/public-service-at-war/obituariesPublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Other Reference - https://canterburystories.nz/exhibitions/first-world-war-service-personnel/leslie-percival-davisonPublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Canterbury Stories Profile
- Military personnel file
- References
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
76: 3 - Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- Manning, C. (1980). Cover Story: The history of the State Insurance Office 1905-1980. State InsPublic - Kerrie - Researcher - 21 April 2024 - Book
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